Quotes by Attachment In the spiritual life one becomes just like a little child, without resentment, without attachment, full of life and joy. Paramahansa Yogananda attachmentspiritualchildren They charge us with anti-Semitism…The truth is, those hurling these charges harbor a 'passionate attachment' to a nation not our own that causes them to subordinate the interests of their own country and to act on an assumption that, somehow, what's good for Israel is good for America. Pat Buchanan attachmentisraelcountry I have a deep attachment to the natural world. It's a major influence on my writing, and as I look out over the wonderful snow-covered Santa Fe hills, I'm grateful for every day that I live here. Pat Mora gratefulattachmentwriting Cities - I'm attracted to them, and I have a special attachment to New York...it's my place. Paul Auster attachmentcitiesnew-york I didn't spend a whole lot of time here, but I had the seven best years of my career in this city and having an attachment here 20-some odd years later is pretty special to me. Paul Coffey attachmentcitiesyears Be as eager to break your own will as the thirsty stag is to drink of the refreshing waters. Paul of the Cross drinkattachmentwater He who does not mortify his palate will neither know how to mortify his flesh. Paul of the Cross attachmentfleshdoe We must be able to appreciate and enjoy the places where we tarry and yet pass on without anguish when we are called elsewhere. In our spiritual development we are often required to pull up roots many times and to close many chapters in our lives until we are no longer attached to any material thing and can love all people without any attachment to them. Peace Pilgrim attachmentspiritualroots You can find God if you will only seek - by obeying divine laws, by loving people, by relinquishing self-will, attachments, negative thoughts and feelings. And when you find God it will be in stillness. You will find God within. Peace Pilgrim attachmentselflaw Sometimes we find that we like our thoughts so much that we don't want to let them go. Pema Chodron attachmentwantsometimes For the wisdom of the flesh brings death, but that of the spirit brings life and peace, since the wisdom of the flesh is the enemy of God; it is not subject to God's law, nor can it be. And since the wisdom of the flesh is unable to bear the yoke of God's law, it cannot look upon it either, for its eyes are clouded with the smoke of pride. Peter Damian attachmenteyepride We hold our tongues in check because if they are undisciplined they empty the soul of the strength of heavenly grace, and weaken its healthful vigour. Peter Damian attachmentsoulgrace I scourge both flesh and spirit because I know that I have offended in both flesh and spirit. Peter Damian attachmentfleshspirit Non-attachment is about not being attached to anything - including non-attachment itself. Peter Merry includingattachment The more attached we are to a vision of the future, the less present we are to what is actually trying to emerge here and now. Peter Merry futurevisionattachment Where there is no great mortification there is no great sanctity. Philip Neri sanctitymortificationattachment Without mortification nothing can be done. Philip Neri mortificationattachmentdone If you follow nature you will not be able to vanquish the tragic in any real degree in your art... We must free ourselves from our attachment to the external, for only then do we transcend the tragic, and are enabled consciously to contemplate the repose which is within all things. Piet Mondrian attachmentrealart In our instinctive attachments, our fear of change, and our wish for certainty and permanence, we may undercut the impermanence which is our greatest strength, our most fundamental identity. Without impermanence, there is no process. The nature of life is change. All hope is based on process. Rachel Naomi Remen attachmentchangewish I had thought joy to be rather synonymous with happiness, but it seems now to be far less vulnerable than happiness. Joy seems to be a part of an unconditional wish to live, not holding back because life may not meet our preferences and expectations. Joy seems to be a function of the willingness to accept the whole, and to show up to meet with whatever is there. It has a kind of invincibility that attachment to any particular outcome would deny us. Rachel Naomi Remen attachmentexpectationsjoy«1011121314151617181920»
